Poetry Terms Quiz 131 (20 MCQs)

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1. The main topic of the work; what the poem is "about"
2. A direct comparison of two unlike things (without using the words "like" or "as")
3. The title "Medusa" and the line "turned my hair to filthy snakes" contains an .....
4. This is the repetition of final consonant sounds (king sang a song)
5. What is the word for when characters, setting, images, or objects stand for bigger ideas?
6. Two lines of verse the same length that usually rhyme
7. This type of poetry tells a story.
8. Hero
9. All poems rhyme.
10. This is when there is no punctuation at the end of a poetic line
11. A division of a poem created by arranging the lines into a unit, often repeated in the same pattern of meter and rhyme throughout the poem; a unit of poetic lines (a "paragraph" within the poem).
12. Compares two things without using the words "like" or "as"
13. The tone of a poem is the ..... attitude toward the subject.
14. This could include technical things such as the line length and stanza format. Or it could include the flow of the words used and ideas conveyed.
15. What does tone mean?
16. Change in focus or tone in a poem
17. What does MLB stand for? (bonus)
18. Uses she, he, her, him, they, them, names, etc.
19. All of these are a type of Narrative Poetry except?
20. Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of